Can I take chocolate to Australia?
Australia is well known for having very strict rules on what food and plant-based materials can be brought into the country, to try to keep the country free of diseases. Some food/animal/plant things can never be brought into the country, some may be if suitably declared, and a very small number are always fine.
What's the situation with chocolates though? I'd quite like to take a nice box of chocolates with me as a gift for someone when I go to Australia, but only if I'll be allowed to take them in. Does anyone know what the rules are for chocolates? Are they a never / usually ok if declared / normally fine thing?
Best Answer
Australia has recently changed the wording on the Incoming Passenger Card, and no longer even ask if you are carrying "Food" as they used to - but instead of certain types of listed food.
The questions now ask if you are bringing in :
6 - Meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, dairy, fruit, vegetables?
7 - Grains, seeds, bulbs, straw, nuts, plants, parts of plants, traditional medicines or herbs, wooden articles?
8 - Animals, parts of animals, animal products including equipment, pet food, eggs, biologicals, specimens, birds, fish, insects, shells, bee products?
Previously question 6 included the word "Food", but as of last month this reference is gone.
The question then becomes is chocolate "dairy" as most chocolate contains dairy products - but in general I think the answer to that would be no.
Certainly the immigrations officer I dealt with last week told me that the chocolates I was bringing in did NOT need to be declared - where previously they would have had to be declared, but would have been let through without any issues.
You can find a copy of the latest Incoming Passenger Form here.
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